Ezekiel 48:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.”

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BSBPD

“It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And it shall be unto them an oblation from the oblation of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“even the heave-offering hath been to them, out of the heave-offering of the land, most holy, by the border of the Levites.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 48:12 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 27:21When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
  2. Ezekiel 45:4It will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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